Object Details
- George Washington University. School of Pharmacy
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
- For use as an anodyne, locally in neuralgia and nerve pains; as an antispasmodic, for checking secretions, as in coryza, night sweats, and excessive milk; also, as a narcotic and mydriatic [dilates the pupils]. [Remington's Practice of Pharmacy, Seventh Edition, 1926]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
- before 1964
- ID Number
- MG.M-10904.052
- accession number
- 259201
- catalog number
- M-10904.052
- Object Name
- Crude Drug
- crude drug
- Other Terms
- Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs; Vegetable; Leaf
- Physical Description
- belladonna leaf (drug material)
- glass (bottle material)
- plastic (lid material)
- paper (label material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Crude Drugs
- Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_873637
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e2db-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
